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Why do people side with mongooses?

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I always side with the snake during mongoose-snake encounters. People all over the YouTube comment sections always talk about the bravery and heroism of mongooses. Do these people not realize mongooses naturally kill snakes and often eat them? Not the mongoose. That means the snake is the underdog. Yes, I get it.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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He also had tigers, cougars, and some other animals. This is approximated by the size of the animal, but really, this has to be adjusted for depending on modality of killing. Smaller and larger animals (if there are any) are taken by other creatures. That part of the carnivore landscape is taken by other animals.

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Searching for vultures in India

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Yet, in 1990s India has killed more than 99% of its Gyps vultures (e.g. Vultures constituted the natural animal disposal system, processing carcasses and nearly 15,000 vultures have been observed at the carcass depositories in capital New Delhi.” ( Wikipedia ). Oddly, I saw no rats, only a mongoose or two and a few stray dogs.

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